Category:

Municipal Tangible Cultural Property (Structure)

Title:

Nagatake nagayamon oyobi sasarakobei

The Nagata Estate Gatehouse and Sasarakobei Fence

永田家長屋門及び簓子塀

No. of features:

Three roofed structures

Designated:

April 1, 1999

Location:

Tsuchiya, Nishi Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership

Description:

This row house gate, or nagayamon, was built at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867). It features a “hipped” yosemune-zukuri roofing style made with a curved type of tile known as sangawara. The nagayamon is 21.6 meters long, 4.75 meters wide, 6.18 meters tall, and has an area of about 100.51 square meters. A curved fence made in a traditional board-and-batten style called sasarakobei connects to both sides of the nagayamon.

Associated Texts:

vol. 49, Omiya City Board of Education, 2001, Survey Report on the Prefectural Cultural Properties of Omiya.

While visitors are encouraged to admire the outside of this structure, entrance of the building or the grounds beyond it is forbidden. Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL: 048-829-1723 FAX: 048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/010/003/p000229.html